CHCO vs. NBHC, NWBI, FCF, NBTB, TBBK, PNFP, WTFC, BOKF, SSB, and PB
Should you be buying City stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of City include National Bank (NBHC), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), Bancorp (TBBK), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), BOK Financial (BOKF), SouthState (SSB), and Prosperity Bancshares (PB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
City (NASDAQ:CHCO) and National Bank (NYSE:NBHC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
City pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. National Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. City pays out 36.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. National Bank pays out 32.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. National Bank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
City has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Bank has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
City currently has a consensus target price of $106.75, suggesting a potential upside of 3.53%. National Bank has a consensus target price of $38.63, suggesting a potential upside of 5.36%. Given National Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe National Bank is more favorable than City.
72.4% of City shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of National Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of City shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of National Bank shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, City had 1 more articles in the media than National Bank. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for City and 2 mentions for National Bank. National Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat City's score of 0.90 indicating that National Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
City has a net margin of 33.78% compared to National Bank's net margin of 22.94%. City's return on equity of 18.31% beat National Bank's return on equity.
National Bank has higher revenue and earnings than City. National Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than City, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
City received 14 more outperform votes than National Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.19% of users gave National Bank an outperform vote while only 49.90% of users gave City an outperform vote.
Summary
National Bank beats City on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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